
Historical Forex Data Explained and How can I get it?
This beginner guide covers the meaning of historical forex data, its uses, and how to get it.
Access decades of minute-level and daily OHLC forex data via our REST API, spreadsheet add-ins, or bulk downloads—all powered by one API key.
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If minute-level detail isn't granular enough, we offer Historical Tick Data on a separate page. Explore tick-by-tick records for ultra-high-precision analysis and advanced strategy development.
https://marketdata.tradermade.com/api/v1/timeseries?currency=EURUSD&api_key={api_key}&start_date=2024-12-06-00:00&end_date=2024-12-09-16:30&format=records&interval=hourly
{
"base_currency": "EUR",
"end_date": "2024-12-09 16:00:00",
"endpoint": "timeseries",
"quote_currency": "USD",
"quotes": [
{
"close": 1.05773,
"date": "2024-12-06 00:00:00",
"high": 1.05857,
"low": 1.05763,
"open": 1.05853
},
…
{
"close": 1.05704,
"date": "2024-12-09 16:00:00",
"high": 1.05946,
"low": 1.0568,
"open": 1.0591
}
],
"request_time": "Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:32:14 GMT",
"start_date": "2024-12-06-00:00"
}
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One of the bedrocks of Fuze is good financial data and TraderMade is tailor made for our use-case. The flexibility of the API to fetch prices for different FX pairs, the robustness and availability of the API has never failed us.
TraderMade has been a reliable source of FX and Precious Metals pricing data. In the indexing industry, you have to be as precise as a Swiss watch. Using TraderMade has been a help for Bita to reach that precision on our calculations.
We source our data from an aggregated feed of institutional providers, including banks. We have systems in place to clean our data. Hence it represents the most accurate prices.
We have thousands of tick updates every hour per currency pair all timestamped in milliseconds.
You can choose from over 50+ currency pairs. Find a complete list of instruments on the portal itself.
We also sell market data for CFDs and Precious Metals such as Gold, Silver, and Platinum. However, all the precious metals are not currently available via a self-serve portal. You would need a custom quote to buy them.
Yes. You will need to sign up before buying tick or minute historical data. But you can create your basket and calculate the cost without signing up. We also sell via custom quote for data unavailable via our portal. Contact us or talk to us to get a quote.
Please visit our Download Forex Data page, select desired currency pair and period, and obtain daily timeseries data for 5 years, hourly timeseries data for 2 months, or minute timeseries data for 5 days for free.
Our payment partner is Stripe, you can use a variety of debit and credit cards - including Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express & Diner’s Club.
You can buy FX Tick and Minute Data, Back to September 2016, online using our portal. We also provide minute-close prices back to 2000 on bespoke requests via the contact page. You can also get in touch with our expert advisors via email or live chat.
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